Wednesday, September 28, 2011

Wings on Wednesday...Barnacle Goose

Seen on Suomenlinna Island near Helsinki on August 25, 2011. Barnacle Geese began nesting in Finland in the 1970s and their Summer population now numbers over 10,000. They're quite small, about the same size as a Cackling Goose.



5 comments:

  1. What unusual looking geese Warren. Very cool.

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  2. How wonderful that you were able to go birding on another continent. Terrific photographs of these beautiful geese!

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